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Wedlock

To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed.

Wednesday

The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

Wee

Very small; little.

Weed

A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.

Weed out

to selectively remove; same as weed{2}, v. t.; -- of things that are useless or harmful.

Weeder

One who, or that which, weeds, or frees from anything noxious.

Weedery

Weeds, collectively; also, a place full of weeds or for growing weeds.

Weeding-rhim

A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows.

Weedless

Free from weeds or noxious matter.

Weedy

Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments.

Week

A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.

Week-end

The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to work days.

Weekly

Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.

Ween

To think; to imagine; to fancy.

Weep

To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

Weeper

One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

Weepful

Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving.

Weeping

Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.

weeping beech

a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula) with pendulous limbs.

weeping love grass

a perennial South African grass (Eragrostis curvula) having densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for erosion control.

weeping spruce

a medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon (Picea breweriana) having pendulous branches.

weeping tree broom

a small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods.

Weet

To know; to wit.

Weet-bird

The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

Weet-weet

A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines, consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is about two feet long.

Weetless

Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning.

Weever

Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidae. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.

Weevil

Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

Weeviled

Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain.

Weft

A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.

Wegotism

Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.

Weigelia Weigela

A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.

Weigh

A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Weigh-house

A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.

Weighage

A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.

Weighbeam

A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Weighbridge

A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

Weigher

One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.

Weighlock

A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.

Weighmaster

One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.

Weightiness

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

Weightless

Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

Weird

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

Weirdness

The quality or state of being weird.

Weismannism

The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism.

Weka

A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.

Wekau

A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.

Wel-begone

Surrounded with happiness or prosperity.

Welcome

To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.

Welcomeness

The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

Welcomer

One who welcomes; one who salutes, or receives kindly, a newcomer.

Weld

The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.

Welder

One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.

Wele

Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal.

Weleful

Producing prosperity or happiness; blessed.

Welfare

Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.

Welkin

The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

Well

To pour forth, as from a well.

Well-being

The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.

Well-born

Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.

Well-bred

Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.

Well-favored

Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.

Well-informed

Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

Well-known

Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.

Well-read

Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.

Well-seen

Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced.

Wellat

The king parrakeet See under King.

Welldoer

One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor.

Welldoing

A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively.

Welldrain

To drain, as land; by means of wells, or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.

Wellingtonia

A name given to the /big trees/ (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.

Wellspring

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

Wellwisher

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

Wels

The sheatfish; -- called also waller.

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